Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle Photographs, circa 1870
1 box (3 linear inches)
Collection number: MS 286
Terms of Access and Use:
The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Mortimer Rare Book Room.
Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle Photographs are the physical property of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors of the works or their legal representatives.
Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795-February 5, 1881) was a Scottish writer and historian and widely influential on Victorian life and thought. He married Jane Welsh on October 17, 1826.
Jane Baillie Welsh (July 14, 1801-April 21, 1866) was the daughter of Dr. John Welsh and Grace Billie Welsh of Haddington, Scotland, where her father practiced medicine. Haddington is southeast of Edinburgh.
The marriage between Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh was a difficult one, although with her death he went into deep depression. In their married life they lived in various places in Scotland and on Cheyne Row, Chelsea, in London.
John Patrick (1830-1923) was a Scottish baker turned photographer. After maintaining photography studios in various towns in Scotland, he opened a shop in Edinburgh in May 1884 at 5 Coniston Road. Eventually his sons joined him in this enterprise. He first photographed Thomas Carlyle in 1874.
The Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle photographs consist of a letter by Thomas Carlyle to the photographer of photographs of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle together with his comments on the photographs. In addition, there are numerous photographs by John Patrick of Edinburgh of sites associated with Thomas Carlyle and of the interiors of places of residence inhabited by the Carlyles.
The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Mortimer Rare Book Room.
Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle Photographs are the physical property of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors of the works or their legal representatives.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle Photographs, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
The Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle photographs are a gift from the estate of Henry L. Seaver, 1976.
Processed by Melvin Carlson, Jr., 2007
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Mortimer Rare Book Room
William Allan Neilson Library
Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 Phone: (413) 585-2906 Fax: (413) 585-2904 Email: mrbr@smith.edu URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook |
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Letter, Chelsea to "Dear Sir" from T. Carlyle.
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1870 Aug. 9
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Box 1: folder 1
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| Note: 1 leaf. In this letter Thomas Carlyle transmits two photographs of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle to the photographer. |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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[1870?]
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Box 1: folder 2
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| Note: 1 photograph mounted on board. Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle seated at a table, elbow on table and head resting in her hand. The inscription by Thomas Carlyle on the board reads: "Very like! (tho' peculiar & rare)" |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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[1870?]
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Box 1: folder 3
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| Note: 1 photograph mounted on board. Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle seated at a table, elbow on table and head resting in her hand (slightly different pose than 2 above). The inscription by Thomas Carlyle on the board reads: "Like, tho' slightly unfavourable (these 2)" |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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[1870?]
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Box 1: folder 4
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| Note: 1 photograph on thin paper (possibly a proof) Jane Welsh Carlyle seated on an arm chair, elbow on arm and hand against her face. Inscribed on the verso by Thomas Carlyle: "A miserable caricature; not one feature like, or even recognizable, pale, ah!, T. C. Carlyle" |
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Photographs of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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[1870?]
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Box 1: folder 5
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| Note: 4 photographs mounted on boards of the pose of Jane Welsh Carlyle noted in 3 above. Apparently there are different exposure times in the printing of these photographs as each has a different light and dark contrast providing various emphases of the details of the photographs. |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 6
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| Note: 1 photograph mounted on board. Jane Welsh Carlyle seated on a chair with a dog in her lap and a bonnet on her head. |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle1 photograph mounted on board.
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 7
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| Note: Jane Welsh Carlyle seated on a chair at table, elbow on table and hand touching her face. |
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Photograph of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 8
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| Note: 2 photographs mounted on boards. Jane Welsh Carlyle standing with hands resting on the back of a chair and a dog on the seat of the chair. Two different exposures. |
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Photograph of Thomas Carlyle
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 9
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| Note: 1 photograph mounted on board. The inscription on the photograph reads: "From a daguerreotype 1848, T. Carlyle." J. Patrick & Sons, 52. Comiston Road, Edinburgh. |
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Photograph of Thomas Carlyle
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 10
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| Note: 1 photograph showing Carlyle seated wearing a cape. |
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Photograph of Thomas Carlyle
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n.d..
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Box 1: folder 11
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| Note: 1 photograph, showing Carlyle seated with elbow on table and his hand on a cane. |
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Postcard of Thomas Carlyle
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 12
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| Note: 1 postcard. C. W. Faulkner & Co., London, E. C. Series no. 66A. |
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Photograph. "1226. Birth-room of Thomas Carlyle. Ecclefechan. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 13
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Photograph. "1237. The Hill. Dumfries. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 14
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Photograph. "1270. Cairn. Craigen Puttock. House hid among the trees. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 15
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Photograph. "1238. The kitchen. Craigen Puttock. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 16
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Photograph. "1237. T. Carlyle's study. Craigen Puttock. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 17
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Photograph. "1262. Cheyne Row, Chelsea. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 18
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Photograph. "1255. Drawing room. 24. Cheyne Row, Chelsea. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 19
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Photograph. "1256. Drawing Room. 24. Cheyne Row, Chelsea. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 20
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Photograph. "1257. Carlyle's attic study. 24. Cheyne Row, Chelsea. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 21
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Photograph. "1258. Carlyle's attic study. 24. Cheyne Row, Chelsea. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 22
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Photograph. "1259. Front and back dining-room, 24. Cheyne Row, J. Patrick."
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Box 1: folder 23
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Photograph. "1260. Back dining-room, 24. Cheyne Row, J. Patrick."
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Box 1: folder 24
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Photograph. "1253. Carlyle statue on the … J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 25
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Photograph. "1231. Thomas Carlyle's grave, (in center), Ecclefechan. J. Patrick"
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Box 1: folder 26
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Photograph of Thomas Carlyle's tombstone.
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Box 1: folder 27
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| Note: 1 photograph mounted on board. |
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